Enter a world where love, danger, and dark family secrets intertwine, and where the storm outside is nothing compared to the tempestuous emotions within.
Love is an illusion... or so it seems to Madeleine. Stranded during a thunderstorm while chasing down her mother's ex and the money he stole before vanishing without a trace in France, is proof enough. But she can't deny the sparks of desire when reclusive tycoon Jean-Luc offers her shelter at his family chateau—until a growing undercurrent of secrecy makes her doubt the enigmatic Frenchman.
Tragedy shaped Jean-Luc's life long ago. It's made him overprotective of his sister and wary of strangers. Yet Madeleine stirs something in him that he thought he'd lost forever. But convincing her that happily ever after exists, even though his family's dark history is testament that it doesn't, isn't as easy as he'd hoped.
As the trail for her mother's money heats up, it becomes clear that the man she is hunting is a violent con-artist. Determined to protect her at any cost, and surrounded by the shadows of the past that still haunts him, Jean-Luc follows Madeleine into a dangerous tempest of deceit, murder, and undeniable desire.
